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Whoops I think I mixed up my "Diamonds..." and recommended the comparatively vapid version. Hmm. You guys know the one I mean.
NR: nice little write up of MBDTF, man. I feel like we have a really similar understanding of what the album is about, and that makes me think that it's tapping into some archetypal shit. That there's a universality to it all, and that this is why songs like Runaway and Blame Game come off as more sad and mournful and desperate than chauvinistic.
Also, I agree with your 808's breakdown. For a long time it felt like Kanye's "crossover" pop icon album... Like his version of Michael Jackson or Prince. But the more time goes by the more I hear echoes of post punk and synth, and definitely industrial. I feel like the "Love will tear us apart" comparison is particularly apt. Nailed it, bro.
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